Big launches for two marquee franchises that will clearly battle it out over their runs this season.
Channel 7
The Voice Australia (716,000) jumps out of the blocks with a big season 12(!) for Seven, getting pipped at the post and landing in second by the smallest of margins. 7News Spotlight (458,000) pushed a big John Farnham special which lifted them to take the win in the public affairs race. Born to Kill? (100,000) and Autopsy USA (59,000) filled out the schedule neatly. Seven brought home the network win thanks to a nail-biter penalty shoot-out that determined the winner of FIFA Women’s World Cup: SWE v USA (350,000) across 7mate/7TWO.
Seven first in both primary (23.8%) and network (39%) rankings.
Channel 9
The Block (722,000) triumphant on its season 19(!) premiere, boldly (and just) taking primetime for Nine. 60 Minutes (447,000) just slipped behind its competition to land second, before the night rolled into a repeat of Australian Crime Stories (124,000) and a new episode of The First 48 (69,000).
Nine second in both primary (22.5%) and network (29.1%) rankings.
ABC
A solid Aussie offering from the ABC started with Restoration Australia (390,000) and then slid into Bay of Fires (269,000) – which it doing massive business on 7 day Total TV numbers (see below). The Beast Must Die (73,000) maintains a loyal audience, before repeats of The Newsreader (DNR) and Talking Heads (DNR) filled out the night.
ABC third in primary (8.9%) and fourth in network (12.2%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Sunday Project (166,000 6:30pm; 220,000 7pm) not performing as well as it has in past weeks as it led into the penultimate episode of Hunted Australia (344,000), which has continued its audience average for the season however could not compete with the big two launches on the other commercial networks. A repeat of Thank God You’re Here (138,000) added a bit to the week’s total while a repeat of NCIS: Hawaii (72,000) fleshed out the later schedule.
10 fourth in primary (8%) and third in network (12.8%) rankings.
SBS
Historical Sundays continued on SBS, from Colosseum (100,000) to Amazon: The Lost World (49,000), and including a repeat of Hemingway (31,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.4%) and network (6.9%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: FIFA Women’s World Cup: SWE v USA Post-Game (145,000) led The Block, Nine News Sunday, Seven News Sunday, and The Voice Australia.
18-49: FIFA Women’s World Cup: SWE v USA Post-Game (243,000) beat The Block, Seven News Sunday, Nine News Sunday, and The Voice Australia.
25-54: The Block (293,000) was followed by FIFA Women’s World Cup: SWE v USA Post-Game, Seven News Sunday, Nine News Sunday, and The Voice Australia.
MULTI-CHANNELS
FIFA Women’s World Cup: SWE v USA Post-Game (424,000) on 7mate takes it to the penalties ftw!
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 516,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 123,000 | 142,000 6:30pm 103,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 943,000 | |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 853,000 | |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 153,000 5pm 130,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Weekend Sunrise 215,000
Weekend Today 169,000
Weekend ABC Breakfast 138,000 (85,000 ABC; 53,000 ABC NEWS)
Insiders 323,000 (236,000 ABC; 87,000 ABC NEWS)
Offsiders 208,000 (172,000 ABC; 36,000 ABC NEWS)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: The 63rd Annual LOGIE Awards (Seven) lifted 10% to 1,349,000; 60 Minutes (Nine) lifted 14% to 755,000/The Ashes: Fifth Test D4 S1 lifted 18% to 915,000; and Hunted Australia (10) lifted 44% to 661,000;
The BVOD best were Bay of Fires (189,000), and The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 4 S1 (136,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Bay of Fires | ABC | 901,000 | 91 |
| Hunted Australia | 10 | 661,000 | 44 |
| The Beast Must Die | ABC | 207,000 | 33 |
| The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 4 S2 | Nine | 477,000 | 24 |
| The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 4 Lunch | ,000 | 21 |
Primary Channels, Multi-Channels, Shares, Subscription TV, Key Demos, Brekky Battle: All figures Total People, Five City Metro (5CM); overnights only.
Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV: All figures Total People, Consolidated 7 day Five City Metro (5CM) + Regional (Reg) + BVOD (Broadcast Video on Demand); % lift compared to overnight figures.
Top 20 Overnight Metro
Top 20 Multi-Channel Shows
Overnight Network Share
Top 20 Foxtel Shows
Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV Program Rankings
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Note: Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs. Programs with the same name on one or more primary or multichannel, are aggregated into one network figure.
